تو می گوئی کہ من ہستم خدا نیست
English title: You say that you exist but God does not
تو می گوئی کہ من ہستم خدا نیستجہان آب و گل را انتہا نیست
You claim that I exist, and God does not preside —
That this world of clay and water has no end in sight.
تو کہتا ہے کہ میں ہوں اور خدا نہیں ہے —
یہ دنیا لا انتہا ہے (یہ کبھی ختم نہیں ہو گی)۔
ہنوز این راز بر من ناگشود استکہ چشمم آنچہ بیند ہست یا نیست
Yet this mystery remains, a secret tightly wound —
Is what my eyes behold truly there, or mere illusion found?
مگر مجھ پر ابھی تک یہ راز ہی نہیں کھلا —
کہ میری آنکھ جو کچھ دیکھتی ہے وہ ہے بھی یا نہیں!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — تو می گوئی کہ من ہستم خدا نیست — Digital transcription file at commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; the source dataset does not identify the underlying print edition.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
- Iqbal Demystified source list: Payam-e-Mashriq — Pinned digital dataset commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; the underlying print edition is not identified by the dataset.Community dataset list; not reconciled against a print edition.Source
- payam-e-mashriq: published English translation by مخدوم حسان — Published digital poem page (n9q5yq7i.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by مخدوم حسان; Published English translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source
- payam-e-mashriq: published Urdu translation by مخدوم حسان — Published digital poem page (n9q5yq7i.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by مخدوم حسان; Published Urdu translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source
